FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Lazio v AC Milan - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - July 4, 2020 AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli before the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
(Reuters) - AC Milan are widely reported to have reached a deal for German coach Ralf Rangnick to take over next season but their impressive form under Stefano Pioli is making it increasingly difficult to justify removing the incumbent.
Milan have beaten Serie A's leading pair Juventus and Lazio in the last four days and Pioli -- whose contract runs until the end of next season -- has got his young side playing the high-tempo game often associated with Rangnick himself.
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